The Apprentice star Tom Skinner has revealed he is battling pneumonia.
The star – who was one of the entrepreneurs on Alan Sugar’s series in 2019 – has been telling fans on Twitter for days that he’s been “absolutely sick as a dog”.
And he’s now shared that he has pneumonia, which the NHS says is swelling of the tissue in one or both lungs, usually caused by a bacterial infection or a virus.
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Tom opened up as he responded to a Good Morning Britain segment about a teacher providing poverty-stricken children with beds.
The star, who has a bed, mattress and pillow company, tweeted: “I’m unwell at the mo, found out I’ve got pneumonia. But I’m more than happy to help! Let me get better this week and I’ll get some beds over from my company Bosh Beds!”
He added: “I’m sure I can talk some of the bigger boys into helping as well.”
Tom had previously tweeted pictures of him looking unwell in bed, asking his followers: “Is anyone on here a doctor or know about illnesses? My whole body has gone covered in a red rash and my tongue has loads of red dots over it. I’m probably on the way out.”
(Image: Twitter/@iamtomskinner)
He also said in other posts that he had a high temperature and hadn’t got out of bed for a couple of days.
Updating his fans after finding out he had pneumonia, Tom said: “Oh and lots of people asking me what caused the rash I had. So the fever I’ve got made my body so hot and it caused a heat rash.
“But I’ve got loads of antibiotics and gonna rest.
“I’ll be back to normal by end of the week.”
Tom was on the 15th series of The Apprentice and was fired after the ninth task.
Carina Lepore went on to win the contest that year.
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